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Editorial: Weekly Division
Second Award – The Brillion News: (“Judge’s decision may stop Fox River cleanup” - Ed Byrne): Good explanation of what this means.
All-Around Newspaper Photography
Third Award – Freedom Pursuit: (“Substance dumped in Greiner Road ditch gets fast DNR cleanup reaction” - Angie Griepentrog): Well-reported.
Division D First Award – Vilas County News-Review, Eagle River: (Staff) Second Award – News Graphic, Cedarburg: (Mark Justesen)
Third Award – Door County Advocate, Sturgeon Bay: (Tina M Gohr) Division E First Award – The Waunakee Tribune: (Roger Hamilton) Second Award – The Dunn County News, Menomonie: (Dunn County News Staff) Third Award –Ripon Commonwealth Press: (Staff) Division F First Award – The Brillion News: (Andrew Pantzlaff, Ed Byrne, Staff) Second Award – Reedsburg Times Press: (Times-Press staff) Third Award – Sauk Prairie Eagle, Sauk City
General News Photo Division D First Award – News Graphic, Cedarburg: (“Ozaukee County Fair” - Mark Justesen): An artfully composed and beautiful image from a carousel at the county fair. Second Award – Superior Telegram: (“Close call” - Jed Carlson): A fascinating perspective from the cab of a locomotive of just how carelessly people approach railroad crossing. Third Award – Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW: (“Just a Pinch?” - Peter Zuzga): A high school student gets a shot for meningitis and her animated reaction makes it a lively scene. Division E First Award – Grant County Herald Independent, Lancaster: (“Mutton Bustin’” - David Timmerman): A hilarious scene from a mutton bustin’ contest at the fair. The expression on the young guy hanging onto the sheep is priceless. Second Award – Living Sussex Sun: (“Annual chili cook-off good to the last drop” - Scott Ash): The photographer’s decision to concentrate on one person and wait patiently paid off with a nice moment.
The Brillion News; First Award, Division F, All-Around Newspaper Photography.
Third Award – The Record-Review, Edgar: (“Determined” - Kristen Marie Winter): Isolating one face in the crowd helps tell the story of the mood in the room during a hearing on a public referendum. Division F First Award – The Brillion News: (“Gone” -
Andrew Pantzlaff): The backlighting on the memorial helps reveal the texture of the wall, which has the names of soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. The approach is consistent with the somber mood. Second Award – Westby Times: (“Rommegrot is dog gone good” - Dorothy Jasperson-Robson): A humorous situation is captured when a dog beats his owner in a rommegrot eating contest. Third Award – Sauk Prairie Eagle, Sauk City: (“Pvt. Novak gets hero’s goodbye” - Todd Krysiak): The awesome show of respect shown by military pallbearers at a veteran’s funeral creates a somber mood.
Spot News Photo Division D First Award – Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson: (“Lightning sets house ablaze” - Randy Hanson): Fire burns through the roof of a home while only three firefighters stand on the driveway to fight the blaze. The urgency of the situation is understated; readers must wonder when additional help will arrive. The photographer’s decision to stay back and include the entire house in the frame and the firemen on the driveway was the right choice – it helps present the situation accurately. Second Award – News Graphic, Cedarburg: (“Fire destroys Grafton home” “In honor of Chief Ritter” - Kathy Braun, Mark Justesen): The photographer must have been quickly on the scene of a house fully consumed by flames fed by high winds. Third Award – River Falls Journal, River Falls: (“To the rescue!” - Sports Editor Bob Burrows): Snow bogs down emergency vehicles too. A nice picture of good Samaritans pushing an ambulance through a snow-clogged intersection. Division E First Award – Living Oconomowoc Focus: (“Nerve-Racking Wait” - Todd Ponath): Excellent attention to detail by the photographer who sees the reflection of mothers waiting to see their children who had been passengers on a bus that was involved in an accident. Second Award – Ripon Commonwealth Press: (“Freight train slashes vehicle” - Aaron Becker): This photo brings all the components of the news situation into one frame, the train, the damaged vehicle and the driver being treated for his injuries. Nice work.